Author: Fran
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VHILS : Portrait of Amália Rodrigues in Lisbon
Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka VHILS was recently invited by Ruben Alves, director of The Golden Cage to create the cover for “Amália, As Vozes do Fado” a new album dedicated to Amalia Rodrigues, a famous Portuguese fadista and actress. The result is a beautiful street piece made in collaboration with road workers from the Municipality of Lisbon using cobblestone. The piece is located…
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Conor Harrington “Warsaw Fight Club” x Street Art Doping 2015
Conor Harrington is now in Poland where he recently finished this monumental mural for Street Art Doping 2015. Harrington’s work draws a fine line between classical and contemporary art by incorporating abstract elements taken from the graffiti scene to his realistic figurative work inspired by old masters. This new mural, titled “Warsaw Fight Club”, is no exception and as…
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DOA reforests Carballeira de Caldas de Reis in Galicia, Spain
Remember Spanish artist Doa Ocampo aka DOA and her “Reforestation” project? Well, she is back with this new piece painted in Carballeira de Caldas de Reis in Galicia, Spain for Kaldarte 2015. The title of the new piece, “Trifoliums” refers to the plant known as white clover or Dutch clover used here by DOA to ‘reforest’ the area in which it was created as part of…
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Kera1 and Quintessenz x Street Meet 2015 in Wuerzburg, Germany
German artists Christian Hinz “Kera” and the collective “Quintessenz” where recently in Würzburg in order to take part of this year’s Street Meet Würzburg and for which they painted three huge walls that can in some way be seen as a tryptic. The work consists of three walls painted on three adjacent apartment buildings, one painted by Kera, one by Quintessenz and painted…
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Pablo S. Herrero “Helix” New street piece in Sapri, Italy
Here a “quick” piece by Spanish artist Pablo S. Herrero who was until recently in Sapri, Italy where he painted this sweet street piece for the Incipit Project. This is the artists second piece for the project and a good representation of his work centered around the image of the tree as both force of nature and…
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AEC (Interesni Kazki) New mural in Catania, Sicily
AEC from the popular Ukrainian duo Interesni Kazki published today some photos of his last piece in Catania, Italy. “Fuga di Ulisse da Polifemo”/”Odysseus escape from Polyphemus” is a surrealist interpretation of the story of Odysseus and Polyphemus, but in this case adapted to the Sicilian reality and the current relationship between those in power (politicians and…
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Rustam QBic ‘Mind Games’ New mural in Gdansk, Poland
Last time we heard from Rustam QBic was in Istanbul a few weeks ago (here), now in Poland for the Monumental Art festival/Murale Gdańsk Zaspa in Gdańsk, he painted this surrealist mural titled “Mind Games”. Not unlike the rest of his work “Mind Games” represents a wonderful juxtaposition of the familiar with the unexpected evoking a magical…
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BLU paints mural for Binario 68 Occupato in Lecce, Italy
Italian muralist and illustrator BLU has recently joined a new cause and painted the façade of the space housing the Binario 68 Occupato building located on via Dalmazio Birago in Lecce, Italy. Binario 68 is an occupied space created in 2014 as a way to ‘express a different way of understanding life and human relationships, breaking the logic of profit and…
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Preview: Axel Void „Sehnsucht“ at BC Gallery in Berlin
Next Thursday, July 16th is the opening of “Sehnsucht” Axel Void‘s much anticipated exhibition at BC Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition will consist in a new body of work created for the occasion; a series of paintings and videos about the pursuit of purpose in our everyday life. The artist draws our attention to the concept of…
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2501 ‘Almost Empty’ x Glimpse of America Project in Detroit
Italian artist 2501 was recently in USA invited to take part of the Glimpse of America Project in collaboration with All City Canvas. Glimpse Of America is a journey taking place from June 15 to July 24 and going through cities like Miami, New Orléans, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Rochester, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas as well as many National…
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